The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-09-28
Protection Not a Misnomer.

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Daniel Manning. the oracle Of the
modern Democracy, and the apostle Of
British Free Trade erects an idol for his
party to worship as follows;
Protection is Blisnomer. II implies
/ superiority elsewhere. That superiority
over anv great industry Of ours does not
| exist upon the globe. Ii implies infants
/ here and adults elsewhere. Such Is not
our reputation. 1t implies that amid
competition universal, where the fttest
survive, we ahall perish. But it is every
where else believed that whenever We
shall release ourselves from bad laws and
enter that competition unmanacled rivals
viii be distanced and our supremacy e.
tablished in.the markets and commerce Of
the world-'
Ii would be difficult to find such
batch Of political rubbish OF bundle of
absurd propositions in the English Ian
guage and yet the Democracy of the na-
ton must accept it and bow down to the
party's idol to suffer the pain of excum-
nunication. This second Daniel come
to Judgment has expurgated all the
apocrvpha from the ritual and gives the
naked version of what many of political
associates have clothed with ambiguous
sentences, or denied when the occasion
required.
Protection Inisnomer, Why is it
written all over the history Of the world
and is injected into all governments.
Protection Is government and there can
be none without IT, Constitutions and
laws are for the sole purpose OF protec-
ting persons and property. Government
means that, or means nothing. Were no
protection needed, no governments would
be instituted. And yet Daniel Manning
says :" Protection is a misnomer"
1t is proverb in political economy that
the government which best protects its
people is the best and the strongest. The
shield of citizenship is intended to ward
off the blows of enemies, and the law is
the lance placed by governments in the
hands of the people to protect their lives
and their property. This gives each indi-
vidual the strongest of united thousands,
for it brings them to his aid in the hour
of danger 1t makes him a giant, and his
house castle. And yet Daniel Manning
says 8 Protection is a mispomer."
We organize and maintain standing
army, provide it with all the parapher-
nails of war and scatter it over our do
mains to protect US from dangers within
and foes without, and we give it greater
powers than are bestowed on the highest
civilian in order that its protecting infiu-
enee may be more potent. We build war
vessels and provide a navy TO patrol our
shores and to protect our interests in the
ports OF the world. We construct mon
ster guns to break down iron walls and
to destroy those who may attack US and
we build Notifications on our rivers and
harbors to protect our cities and indus
trial plants And yet Daniel Manning
SAYS Protection is misnomer"
We establish quarsntines and estab-
lish Boards Of Health to protect Us from
the importation of deadly diseases. and
to stay epidemies at home, and in doing
these We expend millions Of the public
money. We erect penitentiaries and jail
10 protect US from criminals and % pre-
serve the peace and good order Of society
We pass laws to prevent the importation
of criminals and those who would be-
come burden on our charitable institu-
tons. and we employ officers TO carry /
them into effect And vet Daniel Man
ming says: Protection is a IN isnomer"
And. beyond and above all those We
build custom houses aud establish ports 1
of entry, and We empower officers TO in !
spect all goods that arrive at our ports
and to collect such duties as areprescribed /
by law, thereby regulating the prices so /
tina, they shall not drive similnr goods of /
our own make out of the market and I
thus destroy the labor of those who man
ufacture them. and thereby keep our la
Dor employed at remunerative prices. /
Thus each custom house becomes a for Z
tress to protect our peOple-as much 50
As if it were armed with mimmoth guns
and filled with soldiers. And yet, Dan (
iel Manning says: Protection Is a misno- /
mer"
Daniel Manning may preach, the Dem /
ocratie party may sing and pray, and the
British Free Traders behind the pulpit !
may pay the parson, but the people
those who supply the capital and those
who furnish the labor which produces
millions of useful creations, will not be-
lieve the sermon, nor join the church,
for they know by an experience which
Is thousand times more valuable than
Daniel Manning's theory, that Protection
is NOT misnomer.